Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
359 CXUS56 KOTX 011240 CLMEAT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 440 AM PST THU FEB 01 2024 ................................... ...THE WENATCHEE WA PANGBORN FIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1959 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 60 01/31/1971 LOW -12 01/12/2017 HIGHEST 45 01/09 34 11 50 01/27 LOWEST -10 01/13 25 -35 9 01/30 AVG. MAXIMUM 31.1 33.6 -2.5 33.7 AVG. MINIMUM 22.6 24.1 -1.5 25.2 MEAN 26.9 28.9 -2.0 29.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 11 11.3 -0.3 10 DAYS MIN <= 32 25 27.4 -2.4 30 DAYS MIN <= 0 4 0.4 3.6 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 2.84 1995 MINIMUM 0.01 1977 TOTALS 1.20 1.02 0.18 1.38 DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.03 0.01 0.04 DAYS >= .01 19 9.4 9.6 10 DAYS >= .10 6 3.8 2.2 5 DAYS >= .50 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.18 01/02 TO 01/03 0.39 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1174 1121 53 1094 SINCE 7/1 3418 3620 -202 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/300 DATE 01/09 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 42/270 DATE 01/09 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.69 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 8 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 4 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 19 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 84 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 1 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 11 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 2 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 4 LIGHT SNOW 14 SLEET 0 FOG 22 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 11 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ JANUARY 2024 BROUGHT BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION TO NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON. IT WAS AN ACTIVE MONTH, WITH SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENTS CENTERED BETWEEN JANUARY 9TH AND THE 13TH. ON THE 9TH A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKED ACROSS SOUTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA PRODUCING HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THE CASCADES WITH A CLOSURE OF STEVENS AND BLEWETT PASSES. AROUND 30 TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON HIGHWAY 97 OVER BLEWETT PASS. STEVENS PASS RECORDED 33.5 INCHES OF SNOW OVER A TWO DAY PERIOD, WITH 17 INCHES IN STEHEKIN. PEAK WIND GUSTS INCLUDE 56 MPH IN QUINCY, 47 MPH NEAR GEORGE, AND 42 MPH AT THE WENATCHEE AIRPORT. THEN ON THE 11TH AN UNUSUAL SNOW SQUALL HIT THE WENATCHEE AREA WITH HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS. THIS WAS DUE TO AN ARCTIC FRONT COLLIDING WITH A CONVERGENCE ZONE. SNOW REPORTS AROUND THE WENATCHEE AREA RANGED FROM 8-11 INCHES WITH SEVERAL ACCIDENTS. ANOTHER SNOW SQUALL STALLED OVER INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN VANTAGE AND GEORGE FOR SEVERAL HOURS, CLOSING THE ROAD. IF THAT WASN`T ENOUGH, THE COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE SINCE DECEMBER 30TH, 1968 WAS ACHIEVED AT THE WENATCHEE AIRPORT ON THE 13TH WITH -1F. THIS WAS THE 3RD COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED AT THE AIRPORT SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1959. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WERE ALSO OBSERVED THAT MORNING AS FOLLOWS: -42F CURLEW, -40F MANSFIELD, -39F RIVERSIDE, -37F DOUGLAS, -31F HARTLINE, AND -27F IN EPHRATA. THE REGION GRADUALLY SCOURED OUT THE COLD AIR FROM THE 17TH THROUGH THE 22ND WITH SEVERAL ROUNDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WAS ALSO OBSERVED IN PARTS OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN DURING THIS TRANSITION. THE MONTH FINISHED ON A MUCH MILDER NOTE AS SNOW LEVELS ROCKETED TO NEAR 7000 FEET FROM THE 28TH THROUGH THE 31ST. SEVERAL TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED DURING THE MONTH AT THE WENATCHEE AIRPORT. RECORD COLD HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE SET FROM THE 12TH THROUGH THE 16TH AND THE 18TH WITH 9F ON THE 12TH, -1F 13TH, 7F 14TH, 11F 15TH, 14F ON THE 16TH, AND 21F ON THE 18TH. RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES WERE SET FROM THE 12TH THROUGH THE 16TH WITH -7F ON THE 12TH, -10F 13TH, -4F 14TH, -2F 15TH, AND 1F ON THE 16TH.